Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-12-02
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A GOOD STORY ABOUT DON DICKINSON, SPOKEN OF AS
Villas SUCCESSOR
From the ST. Louis Republican
A western Congressman who has Just arrived In
the city tells the following about Mr.. Don NJ Dick
inson, OF Michigan who is looked upon as the COM
ing Postmaster General:
"Yes know Dickinson, OF Michigan, very well
i have been In some railroad cases with him He
is chain iyhtning. Dickinson has made the bulk
He is best collector OF bad debts the the
earth. Oh, no; don't mean small debts. This is
good many people with bad habit Of falling every
few years They always owed large sums OF money
10 Eastern merchants and capitalists, and did not
lass Dickinson was and Is mortal terror There Is
no device that the swndling debtor can adopt that
Dickinson can not see through, and he Is as sharp
on the trail as the best Parish q detective. Tue
mIn who can pay and won't is the fellow Dicktn-
sJn likes to get hold Of. About ten years ago-tO
failures in Detroit One firm had the sympathy
OF everybody, but the others were uncertain Gus
toners The two doubtful concerns each owed
Among other creditors was New England shoe
manufacturer for large sum. This concern
the largest otter creditor did the same thing
Don't let them know am In the case said be as
he left his clients. He went home. The agent Of
the New England firm came out TO see the brok On
merchant am talking about. He was a Ger
man Jew-generally good, responsible people but
were told Of customers Who could not come ss 70
time and all that. II really looked like bad case
and the Boston shoe concern was about to accept
a settlement at 20 cents on the dollar. Don't do
IL for day or two, said Dickinson.
Just how he was going TO get the money out of
his IsraelitIsh customer he did not know, but he
was sure there had been some swindllng. 1t hap
pened that In his household there had been an ex-
tremely pretty Irish girl living as domestic for
many yrars She was faithful neat and unusually
intelligent, and the hOus hold was very much at
tached TO her. About year before this she had
married very Industrious young countryman OF
That evening after dinner Dickinson learned that
Magyle's husband had broken his leg a week or
Two before. He went around TO see the man. How
dld IL happen Peter he asked We'll, We see, sir,
was on bit OF job that-but, sir, the man told
me, SIR, that must not TELL
Nonsense; you can tell me, can't your said
Dickinson, and why not tell Mr. Dickinson,
Peter said the Irishman's pretty wife, so It came
about that, two weeks before, late at night, Peter
store. A heavy box had slipped and broke his leg.
But why did you saw you must not tell? said the
lawyer. I'm sure don't know, sir; that's what
Mr.. katzenyammer told me, SIR answered the
man.
'Katzenyammer; so you are working for him,
eh7' asked Dickinson. He soon got Of the Irish
man all ne knew. Il see 1t now, said he TO him.
self as he went home The next morning Mr.. X.
was rather surprised TO receive a call from the
great lawyer. He had not sent for him, and was
somewhat little uneasy. am the attorney for
Messrs. Blank. OF Boston, he began very politely;
they have claim against you or $47,917.SO. What
do you intend doing about IL, Mr.. Katzeny ammer?'
Ivy, haf failt, you know, Mr.. Dickshon; /
don't know how much can bay on de tOllar.'
"YOu must nav this In full or will send you to
the penitentIary In less than a month, said Dick
inson, sternly. You have been running your goods
out OF your store at nights and sending them to
Chicago auction houses TO be sold for whatever
they would bring in cash, and you have filled up
your books with false entries
".Fader Abraham screamed the other, as white
as he could become; how tit you flint all dis oud?
"1t don't matter how know IL all, and II you
don't settle now. to-day, will have you arrested
before tomorrow night. You are watched, you
can't get away, 80 don't try It, and with that
Dickinson left. Ii happened that he had dropped
on TO what the man had been doing. How he
guessed it he does not know himself. About
O'Clock the man came around to see what terms he
could make; none. sir, except 100 cents on the
dollar, was the only reply. In three days the
claim was paid In full
at Is just by such lightning strokes as that that
Don Dickinson has made his fortune. II he does
get into the cabinet he will hustle things, tell
YOU